>> whatever the outcome on tuesday, we need to come together to help put people who are still looking for jobs back to work for it there is some practical steps we can take right way to promote growth and encourage businesses to hire and expand. >> the final days of the campaign, barack obama promised to change this country and the world. i don't know about the world, but here at home, americans have not experience the change barack obama promised.

♪ >> from but saturday addresses and the campaign trail, the final blitz is on. the president and vice president campaign today in ohio where voters and that it will elect a senator and governor. some of the headlines on the sunday morning -- the gop holds the edge at the finish, on the ropes, a desperate obama fights to save the senate. from the editorial page of the new york times" -- drowning in campaign cash, a deer that has seen $4 billion spent on this campaign. our question -- what will the results mean on tuesday for the president, for congress, and for our country? it is sunday, october 31, the numbers are on your screen.

>> as the president continues his four-day, four-state campaign, including a stop in bridgeport, conn. with the president campaigning on the campaign trail for the senate candidate in connecticut, also from the chicago sun times, chicago, is up to you as the president is campaigning with alexa genoulias in that state. rick scott is in a race in the florida governor's race as a race that is too close to call. anger, anxiety feels tight election stakes. other headlines -- there are a number of bellwether races in virginia including in the fifth congressional district, tom perellio.

also in the second district, another democrat being challenged by two challengers. in the 11th district, congressman gerry connelly being challenged by keith fimian. in south carolina, congressman john spratt is in a close race. he could be down 10% in percentage points. we will begin with richard in st. petersburg, florida. caller: good morning. depending on who gets in, it could be protection for thousands, tens of thousands or more. i would like to challenge folks out there who think this is one

issue. we have a number of other issues as well perhaps i like someone else on five issues vs. one. is pro-life one issue? i would say now. not only should it be the first and foremost issue, bank about the s -- -- think about this, if someone at age 30 were denied the right to vote, we would be upset with candidates who would deny him or her the right to vote. if two years later, that same person or deny by some candidate for office the right of freedom of religion, we would have a separate hauler and rightly so. if two years later, the right to a property -- proper jury trial, when you murder of unborn children, you are denying them all these kinds of rights throughout eternity. host: the cover story of the

national journey -- journal. john behner and delivering the republican response to the saturday address. here is a portion of what he had to say. >> across our nation, americans are looking to president obama's policies and asking," where the jobs?" we have to stop all of the coming tax has and cut spending and to cut spending, we need to change congress itself. this is a new way for that has not been tried in washington yet. it is a break from the direction in which president obama has taken our country and frankly, it is a break from the direction in which republicans were headed when americans last and trusted us with the reins of government for the american people are in charge they deserve nothing less together we can do these things. in doing so we can begin the drive for a smaller, more accountable government that

honors our constitution and respects the will of the american people. these ideas are at the core of our pledge to america. we tried it president obama's way. we tried it washington's way. it has not worked for it is time to put the people back in charge. host: from the weekly standard, the next two years, republicans and conservatives have done a good job in recent years in keeping expectations under control for the next two years. the cautionary lesson about 1995 is ever-present in republican minds. they know and said that after the gop takes over the house on november 2 as is likely, and even if republicans win the senate which is possible, president obama will still be president. the congressional majority will mostly be limited in playing defense to checking any further legislative efforts to expand the size and scope of government as well as presenting to the american people a strong and coherent alternative to the big government liberalism of the

democrats. that is from bill cristal maryland is joining us from columbus, ohio, good morning. are you with us? caller: yes i am, if the republicans get in, it will be a dark day for america. these people have not squinted their eyes and squeeze their brains to realize that the social programs and entitlements areen away, we will have said america back 75 years or more. these things have uplifted our country. it has uplifted the middle class. i am not going to send us a millionaire to washington and pay for his and his family's insurance and not put something in the kitty for me. with tort reform, you will not get out from under the people denying them their constitutional day in court and

deciding for them what is frivolous in their life or not. host: bonnie is joining us from green valley, arizona. caller: i agree with some of what the previous caller said. i would hope that anybody listening would vote third-party as often as they can. if we continue to vote for republicans and democrats, we will continue to have the same gridlock. each party only wants to have power and control and they are not really concerned about what is best for our country. none of them are interested. they are interested in keeping their seats and that is pretty much it. they talk a good talk but there are what does not measure up. i believe we need to have a third party. i don't care which third-party,

but libertarian, green party or what ever. have the courage to about it. thank you very much for taking my call. host: what would the results mean for the country? it is written about the latest edition of the washington journal. where president clinton agonized, barack obama allies agreed it is clear that obama started to think seriously about how he will never give in washington with many more republicans in a but nothing about him suggested that he viewed the impending arrival of the republicans as evidence that he needed to radically rethink his presidency. obama sounded meter shellshocked nor defied. he seemed utterly focused on the practical where he might work with republicans and where he expects confrontation on issues of education and infrastructure and energy and the first group of tax is. he says that everything about the conversation, based on an interview with the president,

everything about the conversation reenforce the signal of continuity that the president said when he named his confidence. chief of staff. he appeared unruffled. he was asked about how if he has displayed in the bank's. the aides said that is not the right word. he comes to these challenges with the same sadness that people sought in the campaign trail in 2008. never get too hot, never forget to call. what will the changes on tuesday mean for the country? charlotte, north carolina, republican line, good morning. caller: thank you for taking my call i will get into what i wanted to said. = y. it will basically be 8 reset for this whole country.

the reason i say that -- 2008 was an inspirational campaign. it was to get us going forward to figure out which way we would go. for now, in my opinion what will happen is that the president got in and he let the congress control his main agenda. i watched the campaign very closely. when he got in any ad is mandate on health care insurance, that is how he overcame hillary clinton. then he got in. he was trying to get the economy back together. then they just focused on health care and pushed on people. we were already hurting. the country is hurting. at that time, he had a great opportunity even if they say the republicans will work with him, they had a great opportunity to get out there and make this country work.

we as americans can always make this country work. it is time we make a change. we need a balance of power, checks and balances. that is the way this country was built and the way this country was always run. whether there is power or corruption, this is my first time calling -- host: absolute power corrupts absolutely, i know what you mean. >caller: now we'll talk about issues. host: republicans need more republicans like charlie crist pretty is a practical man that does not always play the party line and speaks practically. he is in a three-way race. kendrick meek late last week, it was indicated that bill clinton had a conversation with him to drop out of the race.

kendrick meek said he will stay in the race. bill clinton will campaign for him one more time. rush limbaugh out is always right. what does the radio show host what now? rush limbaugh was republicans in congress to send a the president a repeal bill every week. people sometimes ask him if he plans to run for public office and his answer is always the same -- he cannot afford the pay cut. this is a rare understatement. his annual income is greater than the combined salary of the entire u.s. senate. rush limbaugh has wielded political influence since the show went national 22 years ago. in 1994 he was so important that congre -- that the congress freshman class made him an honorary member. he wants repeal of the health

care a lot and the financial regulatory reform bill ending the ban on offshore drilling, re-privatization of the car makers and the student loan program for you can read more online on"newsweek" on-line. next is gloria, joining us from which -- michigan very caller: i guess i am concerned because in listening to john behner, i actually agree with some of what he said. that is for starters. i think we are going to have to cut our expenses a great deal. i hope it is done fairly and i hope that the republicans truly mean what they say when they talk about compromise. i would also like to say something about yesterday afternoon. i was listening to calls after

the jon stewart rally. one individual said he was not going to go out and vote on tuesday because he did not like what he saw. from my perspective, we have young people in the armed forces who are fighting and dying and coming home with compromised health, physical, mental, and spiritual and we would do our service people a great disservice if we, are physically capable go out and cast her vote on tuesday. thank you. host: this is the story from the washington post -- a rally to end all rallies. peter is joining us from utica, n.y., independent line, good morning. caller: i have two main concerns. some of that is what other callers have said.

my first one is kind of cynicism in regards to the election. it seems that on one hand the people who get elected are more and more extreme to either side. it seems there are all these people that say americans want more bipartisanship but the people who get elected are less likely to be bipartisan. on the other hand, we have to make these cuts and part of it is that i am losing faith in the system. i can't imagine any member of congress will in saying to his constituents that he will cut this program or cut medicaid or something else. it seems like they will not stick with it. host: let me go back to the peace from "national journal." john behner first came to congress in 1992 and enjoyed a front row seat for the last republican wave of victory. it was a newt gingrich-led assaults.

it swept the gop to control of congress in 1994. even though that trial is now remembered as revolution, john boehner would prefer that republicans recapture the house. the 2010 agenda is not a contract with america like its 1994 predecessor but merely a pledge to america. john behner is given the chance to lead more cautiously and significantly more slowly. garry is joining us from syracuse, new york, republican line, good morning. caller: i would like to see my party get in. i think it is very important to this election. proof of this is shown in the had the concentration of democrats last night. the president campaigned around the country for local politicians.

i think this spells out that the republicans -- us republicans have the right idea on what is going on and what should be done, thank you. host: jim demint referred to health care as the president's water level. can we start talking about breaking the podus' back? the president is on the campaign trail in cleveland, ohio and spent the night in no hype -- in ohio. -- in chicago. dc comics hit stephen colbert and jon stewart rallied and from the new york"daily news," stewart and colbert is fund in in the state here is an excerpt of jon stewart's comments at the end of the three-hour event. >> what exactly was this?

i cannot control what people think this was. i can only tell you my intentions. this was not a rally to reticule people of faith or people of activism or to look down our noses at heartland are passionate argument or to suggest that times are not difficult and that we have nothing to fear. they are and we do. we live now in hard times, not end times. [applause] [applause] we can have animus and not be enemies. [applause] unfortunately, one of our main tools in delineating the two

broke. the country's 24-hour politico- pundit-the petrol -- perpetual coverage did not cause our problems. its existence makes solving them that [applause] much] -- that much harder. [applause] host: an excerpt from yesterday's comedy central rally on the mall in washington that we covered in its entirety here on c-span. one is to the next congress will do what is the camp -- issue of campaign spending. there are two editorials this morning proposed as capping the secret money got. what is not possible to argue is that the proliferation of outside groups that spent heavily by kept to their donors secret in a healthy development -- is a healthy development for

democracy. these groups have existed in previous election cycles but their numbers and clout to during this election has been the most worrisome to a development of the campaign season. drowning in campaign cash -- the amount of money is staggering. nearly $4 billion is likely to be spent once the final figures are in. that is according to the center for responsive politics. far more than the 2006 midterm less.ions which cost 85 this conclusion for ""the new york times." this is batting practice for 2012. the first step is to pass the disclose act which would require the identification of large campaign donors. a two editorials from the times and the post. danny is joining us from new iberia, louisiana. what will that results tuesday mean for the country? caller: good morning.

[inaudible] this country was brought to its knees by the republican party after 30 years with their policies. especially the last 10 years of out and out neglect and warfare on the middle-class. i can see that this could be a terrible thing. they know their and time is near and have little time and a struggle is intense. they delivered this gude is brought to the middle class. -- a delivery of thiscoup de gras to the middle class. there will be a lot of peyton. pain in the next two years for the middle-class. host: there are some legal --

leading political pundits predicting what will happen. this begins with tucker carlson. he is predicting that the democrats will remain in control of the senate with 50 democratic seats, 48 republican seats and two independents making a 50-50 senate. the republicans will have a majority with 236 seats in the house and hundred 99 for the democrats and predicts that sharon angle will win in the nevada senate race. the house will have 233 democrats, 203 republicans and in the nevada senate race, harry reid willeke out a win by one percentage point. another prediction is a 49-49 senate with "independence. there will be a 21-seat majority in the house. other predictions are 24 house

seats for the republican and 211 for the democrats. and meet walter of abc news predicts that the senate will be a 50-50 and the house will have 234 republicans and 201 democrat purdue kenmore by law to non"the washington post. kelly is joining us from thousand oaks, calif., independent line, good morning. caller: this is my first time talking on tv. i am independent and we started this war a long time ago in the middle east. it has been going on. and i really hope that who gets elected regardless of being a republican or democrat or even independence being voted into office that they work on getting us out of that war and they give us some answers for all these problems.

they can come up with plans. i don't care if it is the republicans or the democrats or anyone. i want some workable plans to help rebuild the country that i grew up in. we have to live with these plans and we all together after work to fix. thank you. host: the outlook section of the washington post -- why wait until tuesday? the crystal ball contest is featured in the post. next caller -- caller: i am calling in reference to the comments i heard in reference to the pro- life candidates. if this election happens, i am concerned it they pass pro-life laws that they would go too far because the congress and the senate usually do.

the next thing you know is people will have miscarriages and they will be put up for involuntary manslaughter. i am concerned with social issues. as a republican, i am thinking about voting democrat just because i think these partiers are kind of extreme. host: from "the baltimore sun this morning -- the main event is a number of rematches where i what is another one. in maryland, it is bob ehrlich against martin o'malley. o'malley is seeking a second term and he is ahead in the latest poll for the philadelphia inquirer is expecting a shift. the state attorney general there is expected to win in that race. it has tightened up on the campaign trail. tom corbett is atim pawlenty.

pawlenty is considering a 2012 presidential bid. there are a couple of points to make -- tomorrow night, mitterrand will appear a s on theean hannity show. it will mark one of his rare appearances on television this fall it is a clear contrast to some of his potential 2012 rivals. team thinks it does not help to appear on television. the romney campaign had deliberately stayed off the radar screen. he stuck his head up during the gulf oil spill and has written

occasional of beds. he has not gone about his business in helping gop candidates by appearing on television. he has avoided taking sides in some of the internal battles between the tea party and the gop establishment. john is joining us from akron, ohio, democrats long, good morning. caller: i want to get rid of the special interests. during the primary, the voters of those who want for general office and when the election is over, they put them into one pot and two candidates, democrat and republican, split it down the middle. that way it is fair for everyone and a special interests will not have anyone to spend money on because they will automatically split evenly.

we need to get rid of special interest. >host: georgia whale looks at the present test for the democrats have 255 house seats, republicans have 178. there are two vacancies george will is protect -- is projecting a different outcome. he is writing about what to watch for on tuesday night. he begins in south carolina. congressman john spratt is seeking a 15th term. ike skelton is seeking an 18th termchet edwards is seeking an 11th term. minnesota representative jane overstart is seeking a 19th term. they won by 25% in 2006.

in 2010, all are vulnerable rights wi georgel georgiawill is caller: call good morning, america and cspan. it is interesting that people believe there will be a change. there will not be a change. we have 200 years of this non- change. as long as there is a two-party system and will only be a two- party system, there will not be changed. we are where we are at in america right now because of the two-party system it is d not a or an r. they promise you what they want. they collected and they follow the party line. america, if you want change, both for people that will try to get recall but bradley's then we have our government back and we can get rid of those that promise as this and got there and don't do any of it.

we need to put somebody else in. host: right now, the democratic- led congress is obama's yes man. we need republicans in congress for checks and balances. the president is talking about tuesday's election and what he says is the time t andenor. here is an excerpt from his saturday address. >> we are in the final days of a campaign so it is not surprising that we are seeing the rhetoric as politics. when the balance is cast and voting is done, we need to put this kind of partisanship aside, win, lose, or drop. in the end comes down to a simple choice -- we can spend the next two years arguing with one another, trapped in still debates, unable to make progress in solving the serious problems facing our country. we can stand still while our competitors like china and others around the world try to pass us by making the critical decisions that will allow them

to gain an edge in new industries. or we can do with the american people are demanding we do, we can move far reported we can promote new jobs and businesses by harnessing the talents and ingenuity of our people. we can take the necessary steps to help the next generation instead of just worrying about the next election. we can live up to an allegiance far stronger than our membership in any political party. that is the allegiance we hold to our country. host: from the saturday address of the president and the front page of the new york times." democrats fight to retain the senate. the republicans are in a strong position to recapture the house. the president saturday opened a four-state weekend swing in bridgeport, connecticut to rally support for senate candidates in connecticut, illinois, ohio to build a critical far wall to protect the senate majority across the country.

republicans intensified their efforts to capitalize on the favorable political environment with sarah palin taking a last- minute trip to west virginia and asking voters to elect a republican for the democratic seat held by senator robert byrd for 51 years. the outcome of five kentuck -- contests considered tossups will determine whether the democrats will retain control of the senate. those races include colorado, illinois, nevada, pennsylvania, and washington. should they sweep those, there would be a tramp of states like california or wes. virginia. republicans need to sweep the state in order to pick up a majority in the u.s. senate. on the republican line, missouri ,greg joining us from union, missouri, good morning. caller: i was calling to get an idea -- when the republicans win on tuesday, you will see the stock market go up.

you will see corporations loosen up. you will also see obama and what he said about coming together when the other day he said to the latinos, let's defeat our enemies. what kind of president is this guy talking about defeating his enemies? you have to understand that the republicans are going to win and maybe get to the senate and i hope they do. also, democrats keep in mind, read clower pivens and you will understand what is going on. host: a look at the toss of states beginning in pennsylvania. the seat held in illinois a previously held by barack obama and the senate seat in nevada in a race that some polls give sharon angle a slight edge in early voting has been underway for the last couple of weeks in nevada.

gary is joining us from greenville, south carolina, good morning. what does tuesday's results mean for the country? caller: i think we will go back to where we were a couple of years ago. the republicans want to take us back to [inaudible] you have me mixed up right now. we seem to vote with their hearts and not our minds. this is not a football you want to stick with the team because you have been republican and they are no good for you right now. the need to vote with your heart and not sticking with the republican party because you are with the party. host: this comment is on our twitter page. the lobbyists have was likely been lining the pockets of the tea party. once they get to d.c., they will fall in line.

some of the other had laws on this sunday morning. the jon stewart rally is front page. the closely watched the senate and governor's race in california. first lady michelle obama will be traveling to nevada tomorrow to campaign for senator harry reid. in boston, the dash to the finish. in massachusetts, there is a narrow lead in the polls. the gop is dreaming big. vice president joe biden will be up in vermont tomorrow after campaigning in delaware monday night. the cincinnati enquirer -- john kasek and ohio governor ted strickland are keeping a fast pace and a tight race.

we will talk about this coming up later in the program. also this morning from the sunday cleveland plain dealer, connie schultze will join us and a couple of minutes with a look at the races in the senate. next call is joanne from germantown, maryland, caller: good morning. impag. i have voted both republican and democrat over the years. in fairness, i have to say that i believe that president obama has tried to foster bipartisanship. i feel like the republicans have voted against everything he has tried to accomplish and it is evident by the comments made by john behner this week and rush limbaugh. it bothers me that we cannot as a country have more

bipartisanship and be honest and truthful. he is the president right now. i think he has tried. it makes it very difficult as an independent voter to know how to vote for this country. host: thomas john is on the republican line from jacksonville, fla., good morning. caller: thank you for the opportunity to share one's personal opinion publicly. without fear of retribution. that is part of what democracy gives us today and sometimes we take that for granted. thank you for the chance to share an opinion. i think one of the changes we are expecting to come from the elections on tuesday is to have a check and balance system finally in place in washington that will help keep things in line. i think we have lost that the last four years of democratic rule in congress and now with the president for the last two

years kind of like having the fox in charge of the hen house. things have gotten away from us. everybody realizes we need to have a check and balance system regardless of which party to vote for. there need to be that in place. i truly believed host: that. thank you for the call. the tuesday election results mean that we are in a ditch and the depth of the ditch is irrelevant. from the new york times, where parties look for an audience, the month ending october 19, 20,000 advertisements on prime- time television by candidates, political parties kemp, and issue groups. the republicans going to programs like saturday night college football, sunday night football, nascar racing, major league baseball, america's funniest home videos, and of the afc post football game. the democratic ads aren't programmed like"brothers"and

sisters, dr. phil, and many other sitcoms. you can check it out on page 25. shelley is joining us from hawaii, the morning to you. caller: good morning. it is actually quite early in hawaii. i want to say that i hope there is a lot more people like me out there that have not been listening or paying attention to the media. it is quite apparent and obvious that every time i turn on the radio or tv that it is very slanted in not just obvious ways but subliminal under the radar kind of ways to make people think that obama does not have a chance and the democratic party does not have a chance. everything is slanted against the change.

we have been going with the republican away for 30 years now. it is a big fight. we are up again corporatocracy. everything is so slanted it is hard to stomach. i hope that more americans are like me and can read between the lines in what we see everywhere host: thank you for your call. mary has this point of view order twitter page. republicans will replace our government with corporate oligarchy. the republicans have an

advantage in house races3. . the enthusiasm gap has given republicans confidence that there will stillg majorains. we'll continue our conversation --h syndicated call-i syndicated columns mo bestna sharron. we're back in just a moment. content's local vehicles are traveling the country in congressional districts to look at the most closely contested house races. >> the 18th district is in the center of the state and move to the south. it does not touch the borders but it takes in a very large

territory in the middle to southern part of the eastern half of ohio. it is a large district and has five media markets which makes it very expensive for the candidates and other organizations to play in. there is no really large city. chilcothe is one of the largest cities but there is no major center in the district. it is not rural but it is very spread out for it candidates are congress meantzach bates, a two- term congressman. >> i want to do something that is part to do. -- that is hard to do. i am getting beat up by those on the far left and the far right. it is unfortunate but that's what happens in washington. >> we also have a state senator bob gibbs who is running for the

first time. >> [inaudible] this is risking our national security. >> in a district like this in ohio, the big issues are jobs and the economy. the congressman was attacking his opponent on trade. his airing tv ads to stressinggibbs' position on trade deals. gibbs is attacking on jobs and the unemployment rate. that is the major issue although this is a republican district. emigration is being used to

advantage and accusing bob gibbs of being for a guest worker program. a is hitting him with hard hitting add to that might come from a republican but he is using in that issue to his advantage. it is heading gibbs and immigration and trying to run to his right and immigration. gibbs is trying to tie his opponent to nancy pelosi. he started the race, president obama did, with a not a popular position and as he has gone on, obama is less popular here. that is an easy a tax forgibbs and he is benefiting for that. he is not as strong a candidate to a g be iname -- to be in the game. national republicans have gotten involved and are hitting him as

well with his ties to massive. policy pelosi. we're not seeing anything different here on the race site as we see another district. >> use the pages of bills [inaudible] and it goes through the committee process. it is from the top down. they said they will open up the committee process. there is no by partisanship on taxes, immigration, health care. it is not because i want to

block my party leadership. with those issues and others, i felt my party was wrong. >> this is a very expensive district which costs $300,000 per week on tv ads here. because of that, parties got involved late. even the candidates, state sen gi a tourbbs -- state senate gibbs used that to his advantage. his opponent described him as out of touch. the outside groups have devlin been involved because it is expensive, it happened later than other parties.

democrats acknowledge that this is a close race but it is a tough district to hold onto in a year like this. >> leading up to the november 2 midterm elections, we are travelling the country and visiting congressional districts or some of the most closely contested house races are taking place for more information on what the local content vehicles are up to this election season, visit our website c-span.org,/lcv. "washington journal" continues parent host: this is our sunday roundtable. good morning. >> good morning and cello from the heartland. >> let me begin with a headline this past thursday. host: the wave of sentiment that boosted the democrats into power as waned.

what happened? >> i am not sure we will ship see that is true until we see what happened on tuesday. i am more concerned about the other "the new york times bulletin out that said 92% of americans feel that candidates and independent groups have to disclose who is giving money to candidates. focused on the american press right now. host: it is said that the next congress needs to pass a bill that will require disclosure of where third-party money is coming from four democrats and republicans guest:. the democrats ever -- very little to run and have decided that that may be able to get some traction by talking about money. m number ofyths are circulating -- a number of myths are

circulating to the effect there have there has been a huge infusion of secret money. the democrats have outspent republicans during this campaign cycle. as one myth -- that is a m oneyth. -- that is one myth. the sudden fury about secret money is coming delayed to the party and sound hypocritical. host: why not have all parties disclose all contributions? guest: i used to think that was sensible public policy than i read a piece by my friend jeff smith where he argues that actually keeping your contributions confidential is a part of freedom of speech in this country. we don't inquire as to where you get your medicine or what church you attend are many other

decisions we make in american life. which candidates to contribute to is at the same level of confidentiality. it is nobody's business. guest: first of all, "the new york times" poll was not a partisan issue. it was 92% of americans across the political spectrum. secondly, in terms of who has the most money, mona is right that democratic candidates have raised the most money but republicans are out running democrats and 9-1 in the unnamed sources. transparency and elections is important. it includes where the money is coming from very look at the chamber of commerce which has thousands of members but according to a story last week, about 45 of its biggest spending

members contribute to republican candidates -- races right now. guest: voters are not concerned about who is paying for political ads. they're concerned about the direction of the country. this attempt to detour into a discussion of campaign finances is really just a diversion. guest: americans care about all those things. one does not preclude the other. they are interested in the honesty about the process and they care about jobs and the economy and the direction of the country. it is not mutually exclusive. host: the senate race in ohio -- governor strickland is one of democraticf copp candidates. what impact will there be on this race? guest: the president is coming

back to ohio and spending a lot of time there. the republican candidates for president in 2012 will be there as well. governor strickland is a head ofkasich at this point. we know there is a question that people -- there is no question people are angry. people want change matter who it is. guest: i am keeping an eye on west virginia mansin vs. racey. this should not have been closed it this was a normal political your and not awave year. voters may not j sendow manshin

-- voters may not sent m to joeanshin who is very popular. they are worried about him becoming a member of the democratic caucus in washington which is doing things they don't approve of. the lichen and governor and they may choose to keep them there. host: "the new york times has this today as a leading democratic race. pennsylvania is one of the tossup races. joe sestak says the economy is a big factor in western pennsylvania. guest: it is and will look at what is happening in the midwest and pennsylvania. i keep looking at the incremental creeping up in terms of so-called enthusiasm. i don't think we can accurately predict what will happen in these races. i am hesitant to do so. we are seeing a movement of more

democrats getting excited about races. we have no idea for sure who will be showing up. we have had a lot of early voting, 20,000 in kai of the county alone. that is primarily democrats. i am not one who will protect because i am curious to see how this unfolds on tuesday because we do not know yet guest: it is tough to make predictions about the future host: not to predict but let's share some things you have written. why are the democrats the french party. guest: i described them as being a more european-style democratic legislation at just a moment in history when on a monthly basis, we see the disintegration of that model in europe itself. a few months back, we had the debt crisis increase which

through the entire continent into turmoil. you had striking public employees on the streets of athens burning things down now in france, just to do the incremental reform of asking people to work from age 60-62 in a country where most people can expect to live to be 86 years old, it caused weeks of rioting in the streets and destruction. i pointed to that and said this is the path that we are on with the democratic party. the democratic party, all of their policies are congenial to the french. and vice versa. we have always believed in the united states, sometimes with more intensity than others, that smaller government and more independence is the better way to go. i think the democrats have

demonstrated very poor timing in choosing to make their big government push at this moment when france and other countries in europe are demonstrating the bankruptcy of that model. host: these are your words -- more progressive than america are finger-drumming idealists print we want change and we won it now. it makes for a grumpy pot luck when that change you have counted on as slowed to a tractor trailer with a grammy at the wheel. >guest: progressives are impatient. i have heard from a lot of democrats who supported barack obama and are disappointed that things have not moved more quickly. i encourage them to look at who voted in how they voted. there has been a steamrolling on the part of the republicans to

stop any legislation that has been on the table. it is really sad. i don't think democrats are socialists. i know mona and i disagree on that. i don't appreciate the name calling. when we get into questioning our loyalties to democracy and patriots and to the country and whether we believe in big governments and waste as opposed to government solving the problems of so many americans who cannot simply defend themselves often. i look at ohio, for example, the number of free clinics that doubled in the last six or seven years because of many americans with one or two jobs could not afford health care. these are really big issues. to progresses. we are impatient as a group. i would caution that the way exercise your vote is not to vote, that is very dangerous

host: is rand paul and christine o'donnell the new faces of the republican party? guest: christine mcdonald has got more attention this year because the liberally-dominated press like to use her as a punching bag. they would like her to be the symbol of the new republicans. in fact, there are very strong candidates in the republican party. there are any number of bright, articulate and passionate spokespeople that are for more deserving of the attention of the press but it serves their interests to focus on people like christine o'donnell. host: aboutrand paul. ? guest: i think he has grown as a candidate. he has learned from his early missteps that it might not be

the greatest idea to raise the constitutionality of the sole rights act. he backed away from that. he has been very principled and made the case for smaller government. he has not backed away from it. i think he has run a good campaign and i think he will win. let me clarify that nothing that i said should be interpreted to mean that i am questioning the patriotism of democrats. i think progress of our socialist. -- i think progressives are socialists. i think they are sincere in believing that that makes a good society. . .

>> i think that's a false argument. i don't know there's any more rebuttal to that. because we're not friends. host: mark joining us from carmel, california. caller: i will keep it to two questions. michele mentioned campaign finance reform. there can't be any of that because every left-wing, i would

say fringe group goes out and protests these major corporations that contribute to republican campaigns. how come the right-wing, the far right-wing people don't go out and protest the contributors to the socialist progressive people? also, i think the progressives are the most dangerous people in the united states. the progressives want things that are totally unconstitutional. i would say they are patient. they have been destroying the constitution or subverting it for 110 years from are woodrow wilson to roosevelt to lbj and mr. obama, this man is dangerous and has to go. host: why is he dangerous?

caller: he's destroying the constitution. nationalizing private businesses here. these businesses should be allowed to fail. let the free market take its lumps. we would get out of this recession a hell of a lot faster host: we will get a response guest: he mentioned woodrow wilson. he is the president that jailed women and some of them nearly died in prison. when you talk about protesting and having your voice heard, i question the president he mentioned. as for protesting, i am married to a democratic senator. when he held a rally, he had to

have metal protectors because of death threats. i don't think that's the majority of conservatives or liberals. the way he depicts liberals, we can argue in a fact-free environment. but i don't think that does much to forward the discussion or represent americans who are tired of this fear amongering. host:ment to comment? guest: i think the caller may have state today rather strongly. i don't think it's fair to say that obama is destroying the county, but i do agree with him that the choices that the president has made have prolonged the poor economy. that by not allowing markets to clear and attempting to inject stimulus into the economy, which

was a complete failure and saddled us with more debt has prolonged the pain. i think the caller is right to believe a return to free market principles -- you know, we're talking about older presidents. woodrow wilson. he did jail protesters. he put eugene debs in jail ands was only freed when warren harding took office. when calvin coolidge came in, we had the very prosperous 1920s.

ronald reagan did the same. the smaller government's solution to economic recession has been tried and succeeded. the fdr, wilson barack obama approach has been tried and never worked. host: i wanted to give one q and a tonight. david brinkly will be joining us tonight to provide some commentary. guest:. the bank bail out happened under george bush's watch. nobody helping these enormous financial institutions. if we hadn't done that in

october before obama was elected we would have gone into a recession. let's keep track of the chronology. it takes a long time to get out of this. host: joining us from the republican line from chicago, as we look at the "sun times". good morning. caller: good morning. these me, right? >> host: you're on the area. >> caroline from chicago. caller: i am actually 60 miles from chicago, the second biggest town. host: who is gone to win the senate race? caller: it's so close.

i don't know. you know, it's funny with these races this year. one week one guy will be up, and the next week the other person will be up. i do think the republican will win. we have a disparate state. i think the republican will win the governor's race too. i do, you know, two things i want to say. i do think they should have financial disclosure. the foreign money can affect how someone votes. if we have someone funneling money, they are beholden to them. there's no ifs, ands or buts about. to mona, i did vote for reagan and he ran up the debt.

after carter, the presidents, they did care about how much we were spending. i think reagan. as long as there's a lot of money coming in, i can do all these things. that started this viral. i hate to say it, mona, because i'm a republican, it's something we will be paying for a long time. i had a brother who is over there in afghanistan and a cousin who has done four duties. it's not that i am a left-wing person here but we get out to get out of these wars. guest: i love it if debate would be where to cut and how to do it. in reagan's defense, let me say,

he did want to cut spending. he was faced with a democratic senate. he never had the house in republican hands. so reagan wanted to spend more on the military and the democrats wanted to increase less on military and more on domestic and wound up spending more on everything. arguably, was not the best solution. i don't blame that entirely to reagan, having said that, we are now, in 2010, looking at a political landscape in which the democrats came into office. look at the deficit and dug the hole three times deeper. the country was not clamoring for a new entitlement in the form of healthcare. the message could not have been

clearer. if they needed a really loud signal when scott brown was able to win in liberal massachusetts. teddy kennedy's old seat. yet, they persisted in shuffling on to our already overburdened shoulders. i think they have no credibility will to spending. >> host: photograph of president obama and mona charen. he's a technique they don't teach in school. americans have been stupefied by fear. guest: this has not been his finest hour.

campaigning in front of spanish americans, talking about your fellow americans that disagree with you is not something people thought barack obama stood for when he made his speech at the democratic american. similarly, to suggest that because there is a, there is a movement afoot to elect republicans, this represents americans giving away to their fears, is patronizing and i think terribly ineffective for the president. guest: my i respond first to caroline. she has a brother and a cousin who served in the war. four times now. i think it's important to thank

her and her family. so many families are directly affected by this, but it's invisible to the rest of america. to have four times serving, for one person is just incredible. that's a huge burden for that family. i am thinking of healthcare when they thought of debt penalties. this notion that we were going to left old people die before their time. we have an arizona governor who was talking about beheading at the hands of illegal immigrants. everyone said it was untrue. the if the members of congress hate government healthcare, i am waiting for that conference where they are going to stand up and stay they will no longer

take up health insurance. there's a hypocrisy. and they don't have any faith anymore that anybody is going to talk the truth to them especially when so much of that propaganda is up there to scare them. host: you might have mentioned the dealer. gloria is joining us from cleveland on the democrats line. good morning. caller: good morning. a couple points i would like say is the reality of life if cleveland. we have had so many job losses and so many more people goes to our hospitals with no insurance,

that our community hospital is overwhelmed with over 60% % of uninsured. we have over 76 houses sitting empty, trying to find out what we can do with them. these are real issues with people living. plus right now, you listen on all the ads and it's just political how bad the other is and not saying what they are going to change things. we are changing a whole form of county government, and most people don't even understand how the county system works. if we don't have people elected who are really going to care about the community, banks do not need to start being able to doing mortgages when they

haven't succeeded in finding out what went wrong. host: we will get a response. thank you. guest: cleveland has the highest foreclosure rates in the country. that's my city. she's speaking for a large number of americans. there's a lot of pain and hurt out there. when you look at the campaign ads. they are not speaking to the pain. they are not speaking at all to the amount of suffering or addressing the need for hope in these circumstances. we are hurting and have lost 300,000 jobs in ohio. all this job loss didn't happen with barack obama. the entire country is hurting.

there has been job loss all across the country. this happened long before the presidential election. now matter who we blame, as opposed to blaming and have very few people speaking up about them. host: from time magazine, no senate seats. george losing eight seats. bill clinton losing. but of course, losing in 2006. 26 house seats and six senate seats. mona charen. guest: it isn't the competition

to sigh who's out of work. everybody wants best for the country, we just disagree the best way to go. i want point out, we can not only look to the experiment if europe and they have persistently high unemployment and very sluggish growth. just compare states within our own country. states that have chose know a liberal policy. california, new york and new jersey are bankrupt. they are in deep, deep despair. i would throw ohio into that as well. state that is have been more conservative and small-government minded. like texas, virginia and indiana have some of the strongest economies in the country. texas, rich laurie pointed out has produced 50% of all new jobs created in the last two years.

we have a laboratory of democracy in the country and look at policies that have been in place various states and compare them. california has driven aware business and wealthy people who create jobs, and is really on the skids. texas has done the reverse. they have made a business-friendly climate. people that care about their fellow americans having jobs, should worry about creating businesses and hope. yes. hope. guest: you know, since i have so say, since i'm in ohio. i can asure, we are not a liberal state. until four years ago, we were controlled by republican governors i think for almost two decades. the house and the senate, state house and senate were under republican control as well.

this is a very recent situation where we have a democratic governor. we is seen a real downturn in the economy. we had a manufacturing base we lost. some of it, much of it to outsourcing. increasing numbers joined the ranks of the uninsured. it really does matter who's advocating for whom. when i listen to some of the proponents, that is not looking out for people like gloria in cleveland who are really worried about taking -- living paycheck to paycheck and what they are going to skimp on. guest: the best things for gloria is a climate where they are not worried about what is

going on in washington. they don't know what their taxes are going to be. they don't know what their obligations under this new healthcare are going to be. they don't know whether the epa is going to regulate them. under this new healthcare legislation, unless it is repealed hopefully or certain modified, every small business man is going to have to fill out a 1099 of a sale worth $600 or more. this increased burden is part of what is keeping employers from hiring. so, the best thing that those who care about people like gloria can do is create a more business-friendly environment. host: go ahead, connie schulz.

the notion that it is to repeal the healthcare bell is saying we don't care. is the healthcare bill perfect? clear not. neither was social security or medicare. you build is and improve it. you don't eliminate it right away. i think that's what we need to talk about. how do we make that bill stronger so businesses will invest in the community. i agree we need to do. we certainly disagree with how you to do that. host: here in washington, mona charen who wrote speeches for nancy reagan. has been a syndicated columnist. wrote "do gooder".

connie schulz. syndicated nationally and joining us from cleveland. recipient of the 2005 pulitzer prize. on the campaign trial. the republican campaign is a propaganda machine. upon and on the republican line. rick is joining us from homestead, florida. caller: yes, i think the republicans have moral, ethic and transparency. transparency in government and in people. doing the right thing even when it hurts. host: does that transparency include listing who is contributing to the third party

groups. mona charen? guest: again, i think this is an interesting discussion on campaign finance reform. but a diversion from what is gripping the country. the vast majority of americans believe the country is on the wrong track. we are digging ourselves deeply into a hole in which it may get more difficult will to extract ourselves. sends a very strong message. host: connie schulz if you could look to 2012 and some of the other elections. senator brown also up for re-election and will be joined with claire and bill nelson.

the "new york times"s pointing out there's 24 democratic seats they will have to defend comparing to nine republican seating. host: obviously, i have a personal interest in this. i am married to the democrats who will be up in '12. if the robbery republicans take the majority of the case, that is entirely possible. are they going to try to move the country forward or follow marching orders of mitch mcconnell. he's busy quoted as saying the number one goal of republicans was to stop obama. that doesn't begin to address all the problems we're seeing in this country.

even the gentlemen from homestead, florida, who called in wants problems solved. not just a political obstruction game. i think that caller made a good point. not only do republicans have strong values, we're talking about the constituents have very strong values. so do a lot of democrats. a lot of americans period care deeply about this country and their neighbors. we may have a difference of opinion in how to solve those problems. the voting no just to be a block to stop everything so you can depict a president as a failure. we are going to agree we have to help the country and make some compromises on both sides, or this war is going to continue in this country. do they want to look like they

have done something or built a higher brick wall? host: writing about this in the latest "time" magazine and the best-selling book, game change can. can he win again for a second term, he will need a new strategy. guest: yes he will and needs to seriously consider the path he has been on. where he thought he knew best what was good for the country and impose it with a huge democratic majority in the place of public opposition. so, he has a decision to make. i think there's going to be a republican majority that he's going to have to deal with after tuesday. and he can do what bill clinton

did, which was to tax to the center. as president clinton did after 1994. work with republicans on important legislation like free trade and ending welfare. which was highly success will for bill clinton. president obama will have an opportunity to do that. or he can choose to dig in and continue, what i think has been his name calling against the republicans, he's blamed his predecessor and the republican leadership for what has gone wrong. never taking responsibility for the policy. i think to add to what connie said, i actually think the ball will be in the president's court about the next two years. guest: i talked to former president bill clinton yesterday. he said it was amazing to hear republicans using him as a model. a great democratic president

guest: i never said great. i didn't say great. but they have been holding up him. he said he assured the president this is typical in your first term, you're going to loose seats. we have to quit treating this as a disaster. befalling a president and never happened before. i wrote about this in my column today. i am it tired of fear amongering. there was times when we hung blacks from trees. they were time we moved entire families. we have done a lot of bad things in our past. had really difficult times. this is not the worst of times. it's a contentious time. we see victory online

television. we didn't have online to deal with. there's a lot we're adjusting to. doesn't mean there's not hope. when i listen to mona, i think she and i in some ways agree that what we really hope is there's less blame flowing. host: front of the "washington post". the good line, the gop holds the seat as the democrats play defense. democrats line with mona charen and connie schulz. good morning, julie. caller: good morning. this is my first time calling in. i have one question and a comment. question, how do you predict the polls? do you do it as a focus groups. because no one never calls me and comment. i agree with connie. she says a lot of stuff i agree

with. i strongly feel what they say on cnbc. if republicans get in, they are just going to be concentrating on bringing down the president. nothing on the jobs and the media. nothing about jobs. i love my president and he's going to do very well. anybody who is listening out there. democrats go out and vote. your votes do count. host: thank you, julie. mona charen have you been pulled? guest: i have. it must be something in the water. you can take them with a grain of salt. there are lots of criticisms of polls. if you want to take part as a democrat, i remind you, the polls before the new hampshire primary in 2008 were wildly

wrong. they said barack obama was going to run away with it and hillary clinton won it. it's possible there could be a huge democratic wave, but i don't think so. host: front page of the "new york times". the president in four key states over the weekend. republicans must take by four seats. todd is joining us from one of those states where there is a battleground for one state. nevada, missouri, call - caller: thank you for taking my call. i would like the ladies to answer this question. i am 48 years old, and i was basically grew up on media that

was unbiassed. walter cronkite, the old guys. there wasn't this fox news and calling the presidenta a fascist or socialist. i want to know how these ladies think all this slanderous, horrible talk about either party calling us idiots. i am an independent but registered as an opinion when i could vote. i feel like the greatest republican, abraham lincoln is weeping in his grave. host: i rally viewed the head

line the drug report said "here come the clowns". many people on the lawn to see a rally to restore insanity and/or fear. guest: there are times it was funny but ended up in liberal preachiness. can colbert going off on what do we have to fear. we should fear muslims as if conservatives are trying to gin up an unreasonable fear of islams. it is a fear to all of us. you ought to be able to say that without being accused of being a nazis or fear monger. they had, as one.

their guests. yusuf islam, the former cat stevens to show they were open minded. you can be so open minded your brain can fall will out. mr. yusuf, the kind of islam that he follows, he has said on more than one occasion, he approved that rusty should be executed by writing the book that offended the muslim religion. i think this shows their ignorance. they chose a bad example. having said all of that, let me

say in response to the caller, while i decry vulgarity in politics or american life general, i think it's disgusting. nevertheless, i say your memory of a time when the media was unbiassed itself is biassed because walter cronkite was a liberal. the three network and pbs has a left of center bias. fox does so very energietally, but it's only one voice. the majority still has the world view. host: we'll go next -- sorry connie. guest: having just come back from a reporting trip to vietnam of agent orange. i can only say walter cronkite

was a liberal. i respect his call. he's right about certain impressions. obviously, mona and are i columnist and get paid to give our opinions. objective is really a myth. what you want are reporters that are aware of their own biases so it doesn't get in the way of their reporting. i know so many good and hard working reporters, working with a decreased number of resources, fewer people to do their jobs and so much more is expected of them. they have to blog several times a day. staying frequent online and file something for print. there's still a lot of pressure.

they are trying to report on the news in front of them. they get blame. we have people who weren't reporters before they became columnist. i would encourage him to take heart because if you really look for the actual news stories, and they are pretty easy to find online. there's still a lot of deep diving going on. i certainly hear his frustration. host: one tweet saying, steve, why did you need to insert the headlines about drugs. she thought it was in taste. it's one of site people go to for news and information. connie schulz. guest: i think, real quick.

stewart and colbert. glenn beck. they are entertainers not part of the news industry. host: final question for both of you. what's going to happen tuesday? guest: i expect there will be a huge republican wave that will probably gain the republicans at least 60 seats in the house. at least eight seats in the senate. i expect barack obama will come out and talk about working with republicans, moving country forward as i said earlier, the ball will be in the president's court. because republicans want smaller government. host: connie schultz. guest: america will move on.

children will board school buses. old glory is going to fly. i look forward to see what happens first. host: connie schulz, please come back again. guest: thanks. host: we're going to take a short break. we will see what the house leadership will look like and we'll take a break and look at some of the events of this past week as viewed by leading editorial cartoonists from around the country.

"washington journal" continues. >> welcome susan of the washington examiner. welcome back. let's begin with wednesday morning. what's going to change in washington? if the republicans gain back the house of representatives, what's the process? guest: first of all, nothing will happen until november 15th. during that time, they need to pass an important legislation probably concerning whether or not to extend some tax cuts put in place by george bush in 2001 and 2003. there will be a lot of jockeying for leadership. every couple years, there's a little change. people want to move in the rank

and file. this year willing tumultuous for democrats. they are going to lose the majority and anything goes on the leadership. on the democratic side, you will see a scramble for who will be the minority leader. does nancy pelosi stick around or step aside for danny who would be her successor? on the republican side, it's even more exciting. they will be emerging. looks like that will be john boehner. has been in congress since 1992. he has been around a while.

has been in the leadership since the 90s and fell on the of power and re-emerged. he's likely to be speaker. the new majority leader will be eric kantor, the minority whip. in some ways, people think they know right now what's going on happen. you can't say for sure. but looks like that's how it will shake out. those will take place in november and perhaps early december as congress, you know, reconvenes for this lame duck session. host: jim front page of "new york times". financing tea party candidates. senator dominion has a rapid

ascent, what does dim demint want? >> this is what's interesting. first of all, i don't think, this is the senate we're talking about. it's more likely the democrats will stay in charge. it's likely mitch mcconnell of kentucky will remain the leader. he said he will not challenge mitch mcconnell. if he did, he wouldn't likely win because he is certainly very powerful right now and has been in a quiet way over the past year or two, gaining more power through candidates he has backed that won elections throughout the country. within the republican conference, he's not -- he's not disliked, but not popular enough to win an election for a big

leadership. he is the unnamed caucus, it would be his disciples. that's what i think will happen. he will be powerful in that way. he will win a small voting block. that will be playing into the big votes in an important way. host: our focus. leadership changes in the house and senate as a result of the elections on tuesday. give us a call. join us at twitter.com/wj. >> jim is joining us. good morning. caller: yes, good morning. i'm not sure i agree with the takeover you're referring to. i am referring to the john mccain primaries in arizona. seems to me, the gentlemen has 23 years of documented

experience and all as a senator. why would he have to get involved in dirty political race in order to convince the voters, if they voted for his opponent, they would develop polio? host: that is listed as a safe republican seat guest: i think you have to take these polls with a grain of salt. the republicans will pick up to 8 or 9 seats even. particularly in the congressional districts, the polling is not great. there's a great reason to question this wave will be as great as it is. it leaves open the question of whether or not these toss-up

races or are they more safer democratic-leaning districts. the caller makes a good point. it may not turn out that way. host: linda is calling in now. caller: i have been a republican forever. a lot of upset bloggers when you read what they have to say, they are spouting words from limbaugh deck. i really believe the republican right wing has spread the most hate in this election and i am tired of it. host: linda is there room for a

moderate democrat or republican? >> i am honest with you, i am truly disgusted with the republican upon party. guest: i travel a lot and talk to voters across the count. you're sentiments were expressed by a lot people who said the tea party and some of the conservatives who have been speaking out for republicans has expressed views they disagree or that scares them. i heard a lot of people say some of the tea party candidates turn them off. there are people that normally voted republican that said that. host: based on the assumption the democrats lose the house. nancy pelosi will not be speaker

and the party will be dominated by the left. guest: that's a good point. that opens up the door to john larson. definitely someone that could be in the running. jim cry burn, the whip from south carolina. hoyer has been around a long time. there are a lot of folks that vote more liberal but disagree with him. he's still pretty popular across the board of because of his leadership. i know he stands as a good chance of the minority leader. people might be so disgruntled in what happened with the democrats. they could have a hard time.

host: the only ones that will benefit, the corporations and the rich. jeff is joining us. caller: thank you. i remember that john kerry was told in the four southwest state that is in all this districts where the votes were counted with the debold machines that george bush had an advantage. in all the other districts that john kerry was actually ahead. after seeing the movie "of hacking democracy". is there any place to get this kind of analysis after the election? guest: you can be sure everyone is going to watch how these votes get counted. people feel the votes have been tampered with.

in nevada, senator harry reid's name was already checked out. the nevada officials said that was not a problem. it's not a perfect process. i was in florida in 2007 when everything went wrong. bad ballot design. it really, can make us feel like our votes are not being counted properly. host: speaking of voting in alaska. democrat, republican and now independent running as a write in. lisa merkowski. the tabulation could take a couple days. guest: that's right. part of the reason, it's supposed to be a particularly close race. washington state, where they are looking at waiting a while to

find out what happens between the two candidates. i think in nevada, i are looking at a potential win. it's hard to figure out exactly how many votes are for her. people may spell her name wrong. it's going to take a while to figure out what's winning. host: richard from champagne, illinois. caller: [inaudible] acting like he's a republican. if he's a republican, he sure does a lot of knocking on the republicans. boy he knocks and makes me want to vote republican. what's your opinion? host: more on the cable chat. guest: it's funny how the

elections this year. things have changed because there's so much election talk constantly on the internet and tv talk shows. i wonder what affect it's had on how people vote. it's made the electorate more impatient. host: let me ask you about nevada. if harry reid does lose this race, there's a race for the leadership. guest: of the four leaders, it's patty murray also. there's two leadership spots. reid is the more interesting one. next in line is richard durbin

of illinois. underneath him. senator shumer in new york. it's going to be a battle between the two of them to see who emerges as between them. some people think shumer can win and the others i think durbin. so, you know, it's going to be up in the air between the two of them host: the last two democratic leaders have been from swing states or republican states. the fate of daschle and reid has had a heard time. it's been hard to tow the obama agenda. it's really been difficult for him and really hurt him. host: in 2008, barack obama

winning nevada and carson city. the rest the state was entirely red. guest: that's right. reid's problem right now is not only he tends to have high unfavorable in states. but nevada has an unemployment rate higher than 14%. it's given a great chance for sharon angle to say. since reid has taken office. our unemployment has gone into the double digits. she can make the argument what he has done. it's been working. she has a small but durable lead. given the fact the republicans electorates are supposed to come out greater. host: jim has this question.

who is the race between the alternative leader? >> there's john cornin of the nrcc. ran the campaign arm in the senate. he could argue, he did it successfully. they are likely to pick up the seats. i just don't think jim will be able to get enough support right now within the republican conference. i can't rule it out, but would say it's difficult to become a leader at this point. host: if the republicans pick up 35 seats but not a majority. would speaker pelosi run for another term? guest: that's a great question. it's almost impossible to answer. it depends on whether or not she

can get everyone to back her. despite they had huge losses. if they lose the house, if they hold on to. they make so happy. they may give her another chance. there are democrats who expressed dislike of her. if democrats emerge with a two vote margin and you need to vote for the speaker where plurality elects the speaker, she needs every one of the democrats to vote for her or john boehner will be the speaker. so, the margins maybe so tight. speaker pelosi would be ousted. she's not going to get on the floor and lose an election. she would step aside and let the

democrats democrats get together >> susan who writes for the washington examiner. pam is joining us from congress, texas. good morning. independent line. caller: yes, my question is this, what i don't understand is, these are supposed to be both houses of the people. more so the house than the senate. it seems to me, there's a whole lot of people that don't want to have a direct one side or another. have there been anybody vying for leadership positions in either that are more common sense that want to stop this bipartisan? seems to me, no matter who is the leader, they are still takeing that hard line of stanch republicans and democrats.

it's my way or the highway. it seems to me in normal life, that doesn't work. >> guest: that's true. it's become more partisan. there were leaders who worked within party lines. people say them compromising too much. a good example of trent lot from mississippi. former majority and minority leader who is now retired. :

caller: there is a congressional race here in the south carolina area. it probably -- he probably will might get reelected. he carries himself as a fiscal conservative. he voted for the health care bill. i am not sure how you square those two. with taxes. there will be a change in

leadership in washington. i think he is a 13th-term congressman from rock hill and a probably won't get reelected. guest: john spratt was among the fiscally conservative democrats in washington and the polls show he is in real trouble. that is interesting when you say about a leadership change. if the republicans take over the house, spratt would not be there to be the ranking member but the new chairman of that committee would be john ryan because he has been considered one of the rising stars in the republican party. he has drawn up the bus specific blueprint for the budget. guest: it is not a blueprint that everybody agrees on. many republicans feel it is too drastic. they want to cut back some of the entitlement programs. republicans will run into a bit

of a program -- problem with their leadership. they have disagreed with them -- within their own comforts as to how to move forward. they are being careful and they will have to be careful. there's a poll that, recently that shows the public will month get on board with cutting many of the entitlement programs. people don't want saddam medicare, social security, education spending cut. the republicans are committed to reducing the deficit and reining in government spending paul ryan has been on the cutting edge of that. he will lead the charge. he will have people like john behner putting the brakes on a little bit. john behner himself has been unwilling to publicly get behind one other% of what paul ryan is advocating. host: we go inside john behner's plan. we are sitting down to talk

about the capital as part of our cspan documentary on the u.s. capitol. we asked the author about the control of the house and what it means for governing. here is an excerpt. >> you have to set the schedule for you have to make it work for you have to work closely with all the committee chairs to make sure they are doing their work and it is ready to come to the floor. scheduling is a nightmare. that is always interesting when you are the majority leader and you set the schedule. i used to have three or four members the and the first thing they do when they got here on monday was want to know when they could leave at the end of the week. these of the same members every week. during the week, all they want to do is cast their votes and go home. when you are the minority leader, we don't have any part of the schedule. we have no part of setting what the agenda is here.

all we can do is react to what the majority is doing. it is more than just reacting. there are issues that the american people are concerned about. i think my job and our job in the minority is to have solutions to those problems will that americans have bought solutions that are built and our principles as republicans very host: your reactions to the comments by john behner? guest: he will have more to worry about than the schedule if he becomes speaker. i think the schedule will fall into the hands eric kantor it becomes majority leader. what john behner will have to do is get everybody to work together and that will be really hard. he, as the leader, has been different from speakers in the past because he has been less of a top-down leader when he was majority leader and when he was

a minority leader. host: and he was a committee chair. guest: yes, he tends to let the rank and file battle amongst themselves and he is less of a top-down kind of executive, i guess. that strategy in combination with the kind of republican conference that he will the government will be difficult because there will be a lot of infighting. you will have these more conservative members coming in and you still have many moderate republicans as well. he will have a real challenge on his hand, i think. i think you'll see eric cantor xbox step into the limelight as someone who will exert a lot of control over the conference. he will show his muscle, i think repaired host: he is the republican from the richmond area. wakefield, mass., independent line, good morning. caller: i am calling as a

registered independent. i have never felt so strongly in my life in getting out and voting in this current election. being from massachusetts, which we are one of the states that actually had a public health care plan. we have mass health. i happen to know folks who have refunds -- three homes and they are millionaires and are tapping into the free mass help because the only way of gauging whether you qualify for it is based on your prior-year income. i am afraid that this health care bill that was passed, obamacare, will be a free rein to taxpayer money. the growing of government is

unbelievable especially when you look at the salaries of government-paid workers vs what is the established the value in the free market. according to some papers, it is 20%-30% higher which means they are paying people above and beyond what the free market deems a fair price. the way this was done, the way that the health care bill appeared three days before -- most of the senators in my state, certainly senator kerry, didn't even read it. they had no idea what it was about. the way it was done with the louisiana purchase, i have seen some many different things from this president that i have never seen before in my life. host: thank you very much for the call.

was that a turning point in this congress, the health care debate? guest: i think it was a tipping point. people figured that the election of scott brown and massachusetts was a rebuke of the health care bill. suddenly, it was revised mostly thanks to house speaker nancy pelosi. she pushed it through the house against all odds. then how can all these polls that because one after another, people were saying they do not like this and it was signed into law. a lot of what i heard in the campaign trail from people calling themselves independents is that they were happy with the way the bill was pushed through. it shows a remarkable aware and as a among the public about what is happening up here where normally people don't really follow the decide -- decision making. people were aware of how this moved through congress and they did not like it. host: the president woke up to

this had lied. he is campaigning in cleveland later in the day. dtv attack ads are fueled by out of state cash. that is one of the issues that the next congress at least will be debating in terms of outside money and whether it should be disclosed a couple of editorials are saying it is time for a disclose act to pass congress. guest: they were trying to push it through before they left town and it might be harder now because the republicans do not want to do it about that. they want to limit the way it was. the supreme court in january ruled to strip back part of a campaign finance reform bill that passed earlier in the decade. they made it easier for corporations and others to put money into campaigns. the democrats immediately opposed to that because it tends to favor republicans republicans tend to get more money from big corporations. democrats can up with our own solution to this which is the

disclose act and that would say get all the money want but you have to list -- you have to disclose who is behind these as for that would discourage many people from getting involved republicans don't like this. it will be hard for them to get it through. they might try during this lame duck session. it could be harder for them to do that. there are at least two senators in west virginia and illinois that may have a smaller majority in november making it tougher for this to move through. host: in delaware. guest: that's right by next year, it will be tough for them to get the disclose act moving. host: the nation's debt is a pope -- approaching $14 or a trillion. how can you cut taxes and reduce the deficit and not cut spending? the gop has never done this in our history. we will go to the republican

line, kevin is joining us from story city, iowa. caller: good morning. i was born and raised democrat. i was proud of it. about 50 years ago, i start looking at issues. -- about 15 years ago, i start looking at issues and became a republican. i look at track records. what i discovered over the last 80 years since the beginning of the new deal, the democratic party has been in charge of one or both houses of congress between 80 and 85% of the time and usually by a wide margin. i am looking for fiscal responsibility here. guest: you will be seeing that republicans are in the majority in the house. that is at the top of their agenda to really, cutting the

deficit. they want to reduce government spending and it will be a challenge for them to find ways to do that. as you said, you cannot do without reducing spending some more or cutting places where things -- people don't want things to be cut. it has been hard for republicans to do this. this will be a real test for them because people are watching to see if they can pull this off. they can do it in the house that the democrats are still running the show and the senate, most likely. it will be hard for them to push anything through into law. i think you'll hear them loud and clear on this issue. you also have a definition that obama appointed. it is the opinion of how to reduce the debt and is due out in december. it as looking like congress may have to vote on something about concerning the debt in coming up in the lame duck session. it will be addressed one way or another. as a matter of whether these members of congress will be willing to take the tough steps to reduce spending. it has always been part in the past. i don't doubt it will be hard

this time as host: our topic is the leadership in the new congress. democrats' line, good morning. caller: i would like for america to take a look at what of your shows where mitch mcconnell said -- how did he put this? he said other that the blacks that were brought over as slaves and native americans that were already here, who came over to this country to build it? it was on one of your shout yes -- cspan says. -- cspan shows. maybe we need affirmative action in our top government. maybe we get a mixture of people of -- in there so people have something to say instead of one group of people. maybe some change will come to the united states. guest: one of the republican big

problems has been diversity. you are right, you tend to see white males standing at the microphone. it is true with the democrats as well particularly in the senate. i think republicans have always struggled with that. how do they attract people of all colors and backgrounds to their leadership? they have really felt that that are that have not been able to attract many people to get into the leadership. we are likely to see one or two in the leadership in the house and senate but really, not much. it is the democrats who have done well in making sure that everybody is represented in the top of the leadership. host: within the republican national committee, michael steele who is currently the chair of the rnc and there are rumors that he could be challenged by the former senator and governor norm coleman. guest: if he is jealous, he has a good shot at it. michael steele is very controversial as a leader not

just for things that he said that how the money has been sent, too. my guess is that he could really get a viable challenge from norm colman. the republicans have done well this year so he could argue that his message helped the party. he has been controversial. people want to get the rnc in shape and position it well for the 2012 elections because that is what everyone will look at. host: obamacare is what the corrupt democratic party past and it is controversial. we have heard repeal health care on the campaign trail. what is the view of john behner and other republican leaders? guest: most republicans either want to repeal an entirely or repeal parts of it. the problem they have is how to get that done. just controlling one chamber, it would probably be on possible because obama would veto anything if they got it through the senate.

they would need a 2/3 majority to veto a veto. i think what you will see is elimination of the mandate if the repeal the bill. that is one of the most controversial parts of the bill where any citizen would have to have health care or pay tax. it is being challenged by 22 states and it will move forward probably to the supreme court at some point, i would think it would be the mandate and other requirements, the business reporting requirements. there are things they can pick off on the health care bill or that they cannot just get rid of because the public has said that the one health care reform in some fashion you will have to have a really good substitute or pick at parts of the more on palle parts of the bill. with one chamber under democratic rule likely, you probably will not see a lot of that happen the next two years. >host: the gop will cut programs

for the port says another caller. jason is joining us on the independent line. caller: good morning. good morning. my question is, why is it any of these good people can i get this thing together? what is holding us back? host: do you want to be more specific? caller: what is holding us back as far as helping people get jobs, allowing people to have insurance, and moving forward in america? guest: i think at this point that when congress reconvenes, they have heard the message of voters and they will hear it on tuesday. i think what they will focus on

as the economy. they will -- they want people to get back to work and will probably do that with trying to pass not more stimulus bills where you are spending money on road projects and things like that but rather on tax breaks for small businesses and tax cuts to get businesses to hire and to get lenders to lend money and get the economy moving again host: southfield, mich., on the republican line, thank you for joining us. caller: the last 10 years, the economy has gone down the drain. i wish people would be fair about the situation. it is very obvious that we passed all these bills and pay for them. this year, we're talking about how big the deficit is. we want to keep the tax breaks for the rich. we tried this thing for the last eight years and it didn't work. let's be fair about this thing. this is serious stuff.

people are losing jobs every day. this year, we think the republicans will solve the problem, i don't think so. people need to see what is happening and vote accordingly. i am a republican and i want to get to the truth. i am sick of this crap. host: the front page of the detroit free press shows of the new governor must be ready for day one whether it is rick snyder who is ahead in the polls or the democratic candidate. the next governor will be facing a $1 billion budget deficit in caller: that is true but understand best -- when our guy was in charge of the mexican government -- of the michigan government, it was better. host: thank you for the call. comment? guest: the deficit will be on

the top of the list for republicans and democrats. the argument is, aside from tax cuts, the american economy is kind of on the brink here with this huge deficit and a gigantic debt. the economy is never really going to be stable. what do you do first? the argument is being made now to put the brakes on the spending. the tax cuts is a difference in philosophy between the two parties. republicans feel at this moment that we should preserve the tax cuts for everybody. then maybe some republicans or democrats are saying reduced the tax cuts for the upper brackets later but right now because the economy is so fragile, if we stop the tax cuts for everybody or just the top spenders that the economy will actually hurt even more. host: jake is joining us from

miami, fla., on the democrats' line. good morning. caller: good morning. i have a quick question about if the republicans were to take over the house, can you talk specifically about the people who would take cover the chairs of the congressional committees? guest: yes, it is interesting because you will see some old faces and some new faces in these chairmanships. probably one of the most important ones is the appropriations committee which david obie of wisconsin is retiring this year. it is looking like norm dix was going to be the chair and he runs the defense appropriations committee. if republicans are inside, gary lewis was chairman of the appropriations committee five years ago before the republicans lost control so it looks like he may return to power potentially.

feel like he may come out ahead on this. he has been loyal and has given money to other candidates. it is possible he may come out on top on the appropriations committee. host: if you want to get more information on all committee chairs, you can go to the national journal website where they list all the ranking republican and potential share of the next congress and the house of representatives. we will focus more on specific committee chairs and their legislative agenda in the coming weeks. i want to ask you about joe barton of texas because he is the ranking republican member but has some read -- discount republicans within his own caucus guest: he does, earlier this year he made a few statements during the bp oil spill debacle.

the executives came to testify before congress and joe barton got up and said he felt like the government was treating bp unfairly. it really made him look bad. he has met a couple of other public mistakes like that as well. he really wants to hang on to the chairmanship. it is not clear that he will. other people on it, too. it is not a guarantee. there will be other kind of back room dealing read -- wheeling and dealing and this is one of the ones where the outcome in the energy committee is unclear. host: some say they will eliminate the energy committee. guest: that was created by nancy pelosi to sidestep john dingell. she greeted that committee to find a way to come up with global warming legislation because he was not getting behind it. she created a new committee to work around them. host: next is green bay, wisconsin on the independent line, good morning. quite a senate race in your

state. caller: it is a tight race. from an independent voters. neither one of these parties deserve to have power. the only one who will lose this election is the american people that is my only comment guest: that is interesting because polls are showing and again this is one reason why you hear republicans talk about being subdued the that they do win the election is they have looked at the polling numbers and they see that the public is really unhappy with congress. and it's a entirety, both parties. another poet cannot recently said that 65% of respondents would want to throw out the entire congress and start over completely that is being generous to made. the approval rating of congress is in the 20's.

people talk about the so-called republican way. it is more of a rebuke of democrats rather than embrace of the republican agenda. they are aware of that. host: susan ferricio, thank you for being with us. please come back again. in the new york times" you'll see some undecided races. there is a closely watched senate race in washington state. in a couple of minutes, we'll check in with reporters on the ground in the states to find out what is happening on the weekend before the election and what to expect on tuesday or wednesday or thursday depending how the voting continues in those states. first, i look at the issues and guests making the rounds on the sunday morning programs. >> re-airs of the tv talk programs begin at noon on cspan radio. today's topic is the 2010

midterm elections. we begin at noon with the nbc meet the press and host david gregory who welcomes mississippi governor haley barber, chairman of the governors' association. tim kaine, chairman of the democratic national committee will be there as well. christiane amanpour will have senator john corning, the chairman of the senatorial campaign committee and senator bob menendez, chairman of the democratic senatorial campaign. today, the former alaska governor and republican vice president candidate sarah palin and representative chris van holland, chairman of the congressional campaign committee. at 3:00 p.m., it is the cnn state of the union with a host welcoming michael steele and senate majority whip, dick durbin. also, national talk-radio host william bennett and bob kerrey, former democratic senator.

at 4:00 p.m., face the nation from cbs and they talk about the tuesday election with the new york republican congressman peter king, republican governor tim pawlenty, jamie: the shark, and ed rendell. that is replays of the five network talk shows balk -- brought to you as a public service by cspan beginning at noon eastern. a special note -- newsmakers airs live at 10:00 a.m. eastern on cspan radio and television. today, ohio and colorado secretaries of state on election preparation, early voting, and the possibility of recounts. that is ahead of cspan radio, listen to it on 90.1 in the washington, d.c. area, on your iphone, or online at

cspanradio.org. crises,e don't manage they use them. they exploit them to build as emotional bond. lincoln and the early months of his presidency or think of churchill and the battle of britain that is an avid test of leadership. i am not sure we have seen that from recent presidents. >> this week, historians talk about the obama presidency, the midterm election, and politics in america. that is tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span. >> what is ahead for the tea party movement? political pollsters talked about its potential to become a viable third political party. they are interviewed tonight on "afterwords, on c-span 2. for the complete schedule of times, go to booktv.org. "washington journal"continues.

host: for the next half hour, our look at the midterm elections and your calls and comments about campaign 2010. the numbers continue to be on the bottom of your screen you could join us on twitter or send an e-mail journal at c-span.org. we focus on the ohio governor's race. it is a tight race between ted strickland seeking a second term and republican candidate, former congressman john kasich. richard blumenthal is inviting for the christopher dodd seating conn. the president is trying to campaign or the next couple of days. chicago, it's up to you as the president asks for some of the same excitement he had in grant park in 2008 campaigning for alexei genoulias.

the u.s. senate race and the governor's race. this from the chicago tribune -- tv attack ads field by out of state cash. rick pearson joins us on the fund from the chicago tribune thank you for being with us. guest: good morning. host: the present was campaigning yesterday and spent the night in his adopted home city of chicago, trying to push the democrats for alexa genoulias. what does this tell you about the democratic party and the obama presidency? guest: it's as awful lot about the conditions that exist in the white house about this predicted republican wave when the president has come back to his home town to quell that enthusiasm gap that everybody sees for republicans. we have two very big races here in illinois. first is a highly symbolic race

for his former u.s. senate race which is a very, very close race between the democrat and republican and you have a governor's race with governor pat quinn trying to combat the challenge from built brady. the governor's race is tainted by the rod but give it to impeachment and subsequent trial. it has been a democratic state. you have two races that are basically what our polling has shown in the margin of error. the white house is very much concerned. host: as you point out in the chicago tribune, $45 million is spent on chicago tv stations by outside groups. guest: not all that is by outside groups but the bulk of that money has been by outside groups. that ranges from everything from the national congressional and senatorial campaign committee s two other groups

that were co-founded by karl rove to the u.s. chamber of commerce. it is like everywhere else in the country, it has been virtually every local tv spot on any tv station. there is political ads and most of them are attack ads. host: president obama's reference to grant's heart. the president-elect declared victory over two years ago and he is asking for the magic to return. what happened? guest: in illinois and chicago like everywhere else, the story is the economy. you have an unemployment rate in this state that is hovering around 10%. it has come down but still, it is all about the economy. quite frankly, i think the way the public gets his nose and the

way technology has taken over, it is short attention span theatre. you basically had the president last night in chicago as he has during this series of weekend events all but asking for patience and give us two more years to fix the eggs. it is a question if the public as patients. in illinois, what we have seen in our polling is over last month, an enormous number of independent voters are shifting over and supporting republican candidates. i have a feeling that is really where the basis for these predictions of this republican waiver coming from very host: there are a lot of population centers in illinois. if you take chicago and the suburbs, when the returns come in tuesday and you see the numbers come in, what will you be looking for and how will that give you an indication in the senate race of what night it

will be for mark kirk vs. genoulias. >> the city of chicago is very democratic. you have the suburban cook county which does not include the chicago returns which had been republican but had flopped over to the democrats. you also have the six-county collar county area which are the ring counties outside chicago which are traditional republican but they have tended toward democrats. what i will look at, quite frankly, is suburban cook county. what we are hearing out there about early voting is that a number of early votes have been casting their and they may be republican leaning. if that is the case, that is a symbol of what may be going on. we expected that the coward

county republicans may turn out have a. . the city of chicago will turn out because we expect an enthusiasm that to occur there. in some wards, you have organizations that are already gearing up to try to the power brokers for the upcoming chicago mayoral election. many factors are at play here. host: that is another race and another issue and we will have you back on for that. the front page of the chicago tribune covers politics it is available on-line. thank you for your time. guest: thank you. host: the washington post crystal balls what will happen. they say the democrats will fall below 10 house seats in the gop wins a house majority but barely and aryan huffington says ted strickland will be reelected to a second term these

predictions are online at "the washington post website. now eric on the republican line, frederick, maryland, good morning. caller: this is a leftover call from the previous segment. i believe there would not be a chance to shut down obamacare legislatively. under the constitution, all revenue bills must originate in the house. the senateed concurrence. annabel lead gets to the president will have an appropriation restriction in it. prohibiting any funds being spent on a bomb oncare. the president either has to sign the bill or not sign and that is the only bill he will ever get. if he wants to shut down the government because of obamacare, he is free to do so with 58% of the nation being opposed to it. host: we have done as one of our

regular tourers. i am in suburban cobb county. mary is joining us from grand rapids, mich., a republican line. caller: my comments have to do with two things. the earlier comments on the engler and granholme administration, it was john engler who has a great big fat job. you bring in jennifer granholm into a senate and house condition where the republicans control the senate and the democrat-controlled house and guess what happens? not very much. she was a weak leader. she was very weak, very un- progressive and that people sense it and they know it. today, we are looking for change because obama is not providing

and that health care mandate is huge. the american people will have to pay more for insurance. sorry, obama, you're not doing the public auction and that is what is killing us. on the deficit, take away all corporate welfare before you dare to start attacking our pensions or payrolls or anything else. we are really sick of it. host: thank you for the call. peter baker writes for the new york times. he has a piece in the weekend reduce section. the charge that obama can't shake, the notion that voters would reject democrats because they don't understand that fact prompted a round of recriminations. obama the snob read the headline. if you'll the underlying argument of this campaign that ends tuesday. for all the discussion of health care and spending and jobs at the core of the nation's debate this fall, it has been the

batter -- battle of elitism. larry is joining us from london, ky. caller: i want to make it clear that i am not a republican for it i am an independent. we have got to change this government. some of the things we need to concentrate on now -- i am a tea party member -- we will put mr. paul in the senate. i want to comment. we need to get rid of the department of education. we need to rewrite the affordable housing laws permit we need to get rid of the community reinvestment act. when to get rid of fannie mae and freddie mac. we need to brighten up the insurance companies. mr. obama did nothing to do that. this is something i don't hear anybody talk about. he has self avowed marxist and

his administration. va jones and mr sunsteen are marxists. i don't know what people don't talk about that. it is crazy. host: thank you for the call. we're joined on the call from denver by a political reporter. a local race is the subject of a front-page story of "the denver post." the republican candidate and the democratic candidate who replaced ken salazar as the interior secretary. let me ask you about the influx of outside money. colorado has seen a huge amount, almost $30 million in this midterm election. guest: it has been something to behold. anybody in color of watches television has had a front-row seat. it started back in our primary campaign. once the general election season kicked in, supporters for both

candidates began to pour lots of money into both races. host: the voting takes place on tuesday, there is early voting in colorado. the governor's race is not -- has not generate as much interest as expected, why? guest: it generated quite a bit of interest early on when the governor decided not to seek reelection and the denver mayor gavin and a tea party candidate upset the former congressman scott mcinnis at the republican assembly. that was over the summer but there were a number of missteps which prompted tom tancredo to get into the race as an american constitution party candidate. initially, people looked at the race and thought it was not going to be competitive because it was a three-horse contests. tom tancredo has cut the intodan

mayes' support. he has polled 10% or less and tom tancredo has made it competitive. some polls have them within the margin of error and to the apartment sometimes has a 10% lead. host: what is the result of the turnout >> guest: the republicans we speak to are excited. i don't think it will have much impact. there are couple of races where there are other american constitution party candidates on the ballot. the fourth congressional district race between the incumbent and the republican challenger is one we will be looking at. it is how the american constitution party does there. it will be whether he pulls votes for himself. the secretary of state race could be boon for the current

secretary of state who was supported two years ago, a democrat. host: we're talking with a reporter from"the denver post." obama won in the greater denver area. that is an area that michael bennett has been focusing on for there was a cnn poll that indicated ken buck was doing better than expected in the suburbs outside of denver. what have you been seeing? guest: that as the frontline in this race. in almost always is in statewide elections in colorado. whoever wins the denver suburbs tend to win the race. republicans that i've spoken to feel very good about the male and early ballots they are seeking comment inarapho and jefferson county suburbs. the republicans feel they have a good ground game and will be there come election day. guest thank you for joining us/

host: back to your phone calls. beulah, north carolina -- north dakota, republican line. what will happen on tuesday? caller: i think the republicans will make major gains in the house. i don't believe they will take the senate but they will take the house. i have a few comments. the whole topic of why obama is in trouble is because he did not pay attention to business. he was elected on a wave of change. the economy was in the dumper. if he had paid attention to what was happening, gone after the economy, the jobs, left his agenda on the table, a lot of the discussions we are having now i don't think we would be having. a comment about the tea party -- it always amazes me that there are movements to enact term

limits and there are numerous comments about wanting fresh candidates and we don't want career politicians. then you have a group of people who are running that are green as grass but say stupid things and they are just crucified. they are crucified repeatedly. the comment on outside money -- even in our little state, the house race right now between earl pomeroy and his opponent as tons of ads paid for by groups i have never heard about. when it comes down to the party ofno for the republicans, it is just pure philosophy. the republicans do not believe in the direction obama is taking us. they want to take the country in another direction. one last comment -- as far as leadership goes, i think john

banner would be wonderful person in the senate. eric kantor, i think the man is a tool. other than that, i appreciate your tune. ime. host: we appreciate your comments. we will have live coverage getting under way at 7:00 eastern time tuesday night. c-span will be the one place you can tune in for the results and to watch the speech is in some of the most competitive races around the country. you can go so here on c-span television and radio. we'll stream that live at c- span.org . on wednesday as many of the leadership comes back to washington for post-election analysis, we will do that as well as well as a number of panel discussions wednesday, thursday, friday on c-span. then get ready for the 2012 presidential race but that is another campaign down the road. from the richmond times dispatch, as returns, and on election night, you can take a

look at these races including the fifth congressional district. tom perriello will have barack obama campaigning. gerry, is seeking a second term being challenged in the 11 to keith fimian and these are among the rations -- the race is that if the democrats win, it will be closer and that they lose it will give you a sense of what will happen around the country. a caller from mesa, ariz., on the democrats' line, good morning. caller: good morning, how are you? host: our u.s. caller:? i am happy but i will get over it. i am amazed that people will vote for republicans who have done nothing over the time that obama has been in office and they are concentrating on getting them out of office and he has done more than any president in recent knowledge. we're going to be at war as we

are with republicans. the deficit will be deeper. we will lose. we are going back in the ditch and probably will not get out this time. they thrive on hate and making people hate each other and that throws us in a situation where we can't make any gaynor progress. we're so busy aiding our neighbor -- hating our neighbor. while they do that, the thieves are making off with this country. i am very disappointed. i hope the democrats win. if not, i will have to live with that like we did before her host: the houston chronicle has anger and anxiety feeling the election steaks. jim has this point of view and our twitter page -- democrats will do much better than expected and the republicans will revolt. let's hear from republican, joining us from durum, north carolina, good morning. caller: good morning, i want to

make a quick comment while i was listening to the previous caller. the reason why the republicans were n party ofo and why chris christie andbob brown and mcdonald from virginia were voted in was because of what the obama agenda was doing to this country. the people saw it and did not like it. i wanted to make a couple of more quick comments. with all the negative ads and i am speaking as a woman, i am really surprised about the mainstream media and their attitude and attention house republicans and conservatives and tea party candidates have been treated since they are always on the forefront of being against the bullying.

i think what we have seen during this campaign especially from tibet democratic party has been a barrage of bullying the candidates that they don't agree with. host: i will stop you on that point. thank you for your call and, it must turn our attention to what is happening in nevada where the unemployment rate is at 14.4% laura myers joins us "from the loss of vegas revue." let me begin with one of the phenomenons of nevada politics. none of the above is listed on the ballot. what impact is this having on the race? guest: you get various opinions on that. mostly, people think that could hurt sharon engel's attempt to win this race. this is really a referendum on senator harry reid. and a vote that is not with him, is entered against him. host: the president campaigned

for harry reid and michelle obama will be there tomorrow. how does the president doing in the polls and will he help harry reid in his final push-guest: that's a good question. senator harry reid is the one that is carrying the obama agenda in washington. he cannot run away from the president's agenda. what they tried to do is use obama and use the first lady to get out the vote. that is key to senator reid's victory. host: what will you be looking at on a vax -- election night? early voting has been happening in nevada for three weeks, correct? guest: two weeks, it ended on friday. nevada is not -- is a voting stake. more than 2/3 of voters have already voted. host: i'm sorry? guest: more than half of the voters have already voted during

a two-week period. it has given the edge to democrats by numbers. there are more registered democrats in the state. there's a higher percentage turnout of republicans. that means it is still a very close race. host: you have organized labor in las vegas and across the state. what will be stronger on election day-guest: typically, there is a stronger turnout in midterm elections among republicans. the expectation is that 4%-6% higher turnout of republicans. i think the democrats had something like 60,000 more registered voters in nevada. in the end, it might be a wash, party-wise. people will look to see how the independent voters swing. host: do you know when we will know the winner in nevada? will be tuesday or will there be

a potential recount? guest: people expect that we may know the winner tuesday very late but it makes bill into wednesday morning. the big counties will come in on time but if the race is really close, it might take longer to get those rural counties in. it could be a recount in the end. in nevada, candidate has to request a recount there is no automatic recount for it to be a long night. host: thank you very much for spending a couple of minutes with us on this sunday morning. guest: thank you so much host: we are checking in with some of the key battleground states including washington state in just a moment. back to your phone calls, donna joining us from st. louis on the independent line, good morning. caller: i have three things to said. y. i get most of my information that i really go by from cspan.

in august, missouri folks voted on health care reform. the conservatives love to talk about that voted if the proposition would have said that people have to pay their fair share to get preventive health care rather than the rest of us pay up the laws do for coverage, that what it passed overwhelmingly. it was worded in a confusing way. if you were for health-care reform, a no you voted on it. if you're against it, you voted yes. secondly, the media which gets lots of its advertising dollars from the insurance companies has done a lousy job of telling people what is good for the average person in the health care bill. thirdly, the cbo says it will save $1 trillion of the next 20 years and i believe that. the republicans are not interested in bringing down the

debt. they are just lying to praise the rich to get back in power. lastly, this country's economy will continue to go down the tubes. the tax revenues will drastically fall because of the high-paid jobs that were lost and we take all the money out of the election and have a national election debate and get back to the douglas-lincoln debates and reticle the republican-appointed supreme court justices who voted to throughout the campaign finance laws and let the corporations spend millions anonymously for their candidates. we are going down the tubes. host: there is an editorial this morning from "the new york times" drowning in campaign cash. you can read that if you are interested. in the"washington post obama may follow the clinton example.

there is a look at what is next for the president. he is leaving on friday for a 10-day asian trip which includes three nights in indonesia. bill clinton campaigned in november of 1994 and one of his stops was in djakarta. next caller caller:. i feel the choice is clear this november election day. if you want to continue to borrow money from china and give to the wealthy, both republican. -- voted republican. if you want to work and your 70 years old, but republican. you want to risk social security and the stock market,, but republican. if you want of sure job, but republican. if you thought bush was good for the country, vote republican.

if you like free trade agreements that kill american jobs, about republic of host: thank you for the call. utah, independent line, caller: good: i used to be a democrat and i became a republican. what stands out to me in this election is that republicans and democrats put the principle of about shot -- thou shalt not bear false witness into a convenient true. if you look at what is happening to this country, the solution is that we took the 10 commandments and made them 10 inconvenient troops. a solution to global warming is to remember the sabbath day and keep it holy. it is a rest day for humans. the solution to wall street is ballot shall not there is false

witness. they should stop lying and coveted guarding. billon't need a 1000-page to solve those problems for host: newsmakers is coming up at the top of the hour. they have a look at the washington senate race. next call, where are you calling from a caller:? i am 70-years of age host:. can you turn the volume down in a television sets? caller: i am 70 years of age and have been a democrat all my life. i definitely switched to republicans host: . why is that? caller: the obamacare. host: do you want to see it repealed? repealed?